Negaunee Associate Curator of Paleobotany

Research & Professional Interests

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Paleobotany, plant evolution, systematics, plant anatomy & morphology

Integrated paleobotanical & neobotanical studies of plant diversity & evolution.

The study of Mesozoic plants to improve understanding of the timing of events in seed plant evolution.

The evolutionary origin of the tropical rainforests & angiosperm plant lineages.

Paleobiogeographic & paleoclimatic history of the Cenozoic.

Negaunee Postdoctoral Scientist

Research & Professional Interests

• P-Reconstruction & systematics of enigmatic Paleozoic plants

• Anatomy, development, & physiology of fossil plants

• Co-evolution of plants & weathering

• Phanerozoic carbon & nutrient cycles

• Earth habitability

Postdoctoral Scientist

Research & Professional Interests

• Paleobotany and paleoclimate reconstruction

• Fossil plant anatomy and morphology, including leaf cuticle analysis, in situ spore/pollen analysis

• Paleo-atmospheric CO₂ reconstruction, using fossil leaf–based CO₂ proxies

• Mesozoic paleobotany with an emphasis on Late Triassic floras from South China and global floristic comparisons

• Jurassic and Cretaceous fossil plants  

University of Illinois Chicago

Master in Science – Biology. 2021 – 2023

Research & Professional Interests

Paleobotany

Lower Cretaceous floras from Colombia

Conifers and other gymnosperm’s taxonomy

Stratigraphy

University of Chicago

I am broadly interested in reconstructing land plant evolution through fossil, molecular, and morphological data. For my dissertation, I intend to use stomatal size in early angiosperm fossils to infer ploidy in relation to fitness and diversification.

Interests

Two divas, blissfully unaware of living their best lives!

Making his daddy happy every day

We love cuddles, long walks, dog beach & peanut butter bones!

Negaunee Postdoctoral Scientist

NSF Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Biology